Tom F Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 09/01/2022 at 18:43, JustinDean said: I know how daunting some of these tasks are so good to hear you have some help to hand! Looking forward to seeing your progress. Jay cheers Jay! Well the good news is the Greenwich couplings work with the magnets! 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) Been a bit quiet over the past few days. Not felt myself, and just trying to get my head together. The modelling has helped though. Tonight I've built a coal wagon (WHR prototype). One of various types used on the Mid Sodor railway, however it’s dwarfed in size by the one the local railway men call…. the ‘Big ‘un’! I also made a decision to buy a certain 4-6-0T. It will require some remedial work to make it right for the layout. Edited January 14, 2022 by Tom F 16 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AdeMoore Posted January 15, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) Sorry to hear your under par Tom. Modelling is great escapism as you say. The rolling stock is coming along lovely. Your a tease! But I see over on FB what you have bought looks a cracking little loco looking forward to seeing what you will do with it. I see your work was featured as passing examples of finery on the 009 society podcast by Railway Mania I think it is on YouTube. In good company there and well justified. Hope your feeling more yourself v soon. Cheers Ade Edited January 15, 2022 by AdeMoore Spellin 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted January 16, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) Today marks the first piece of rolling stock for the Mid Sodor Railway.....finished! 'MSR No. 2 Brake Van. The Van was fitted with Vac gear so that it could be utilised as a passenger break, and therefore painted MSR passenger blue to match the coaching stock. Its duties however would more likely see it rostered on the MSR's daily goods 'The Horse and Cart'. I am really pleased with how the blue has turned out now weathered and given a spray of Humbrol 'Matt Cote'. For passenger stock and locomotive No. 3 'Falcon', I'll retain the gloss finish as the weathering will tone it down just enough. For this brake van though, a more matt finish was appropriate. The Greenwich couplings have really blended in too. Edited January 16, 2022 by Tom F 15 12 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted January 16, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2022 That bottom photo looks very lifelike. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MrTea Posted January 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2022 On 11/01/2022 at 12:08, Tom F said: cheers Jay! Well the good news is the Greenwich couplings work with the magnets! Hi Tom, The brake van looks fab! Can I ask how you found putting together the Greenwich couplings? I had an unsuccessful attempt at attaching a Peco NEM pocket to a Dundas Hudson bogie over the weekend but I’m interested in looking at the Greenwich couplings if they’re easy to put together and use. Ian 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 6 hours ago, MrTea said: Hi Tom, The brake van looks fab! Can I ask how you found putting together the Greenwich couplings? I had an unsuccessful attempt at attaching a Peco NEM pocket to a Dundas Hudson bogie over the weekend but I’m interested in looking at the Greenwich couplings if they’re easy to put together and use. Ian Thanks Ian I find they go together fairly straight forward. The only mess up I’ve done is folding in the wrong place as I wasn’t looking instructions! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted January 17, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) Another piece of MSR rolling stock finished. Here we have a (WHR) coal wagon, circa 1936 condition. Coal imported at the Port of Arlesburgh and then transported in wagons taken up the line to Peel Godred, supplying local coal to villages and the outlying settlements. Special thanks to a friend who knows his Fes and WHR history, in pointing out that a number of WHR wagons were never painted, just heavily weathered. This wagon was painted 'mig' old wood, (a pale beige colour). Weathering followed initially with washes across the planks, to simulate the old wood grain, before finishing with powders to depict coal usage. Edited January 17, 2022 by Tom F 17 11 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 That's a superb representation of weathered wood. May I please ask what you have used for the lettering ? I particularly like the 'No' with the dot under the 'o'. Rodney 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 hours ago, RodneyS said: That's a superb representation of weathered wood. May I please ask what you have used for the lettering ? I particularly like the 'No' with the dot under the 'o'. Rodney Thanks Rodney Just a case of cutting smaller transfers off a Fox sheet to get the right look (2mm N and 1mm O) A nice surprise was waiting when I returned home from work yesterday. Had to be checked first by the railway inspector of course! 9 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Thanks for the information Tom. The Baldwins are lovely and mine run very well. It's a good job the railway inspector wasn't hungry. Rodney 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Ever since that Baldwin was first announced I have been having to resist the temptation to build something Snailbeach related. I have another layout to finish first! That's a proper dog btw, I do miss having one around. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 15 minutes ago, MrWolf said: That's a proper dog btw, I do miss having one around. She’s wonderful….. a little madam too at times! A true companion! 13 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 Work has begun….. MSR No. 2 14 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatnorthern1470 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Will you go for red like in the books or black like Awdry's model? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 A splash of colour makes all the difference. It did require masking off the loco as best as I could, and some slight touching up. I'm heading up to the workbench to make the replacement Greenwich couplings for the loco. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritishGypsum4 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Greatnorthern1470 said: Will you go for red like in the books or black like Awdry's model? The book is wrong. The artist might have been asked to add it or might have even used their initiative to include it but it is wrong. Totally wrong. Loving the splash of colour on the bufferbeam matey! Can't wait to see it in the flesh on Sunday. Edited January 21, 2022 by BritishGypsum4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted January 22, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2022 A couple more items of rolling stock now weathered. MSR Goods Brake Van No.3 (otherwise known as Cora) now weathered circa 1936. I've also finished the Goods Van (based on the WHR prototype) 13 5 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NeilHB Posted January 22, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2022 Lovely work Tom. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 3 hours ago, NeilHB said: Lovely work Tom. Cheers Neil Well, we might get some trains running tomorrow as @BritishGypsum4comes over to help with wiring Ballamoddey tomorrow. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 Removable coal loads made up this evening. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom F Posted January 29, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2022 Managed to get No. 2 finished today. I've really fallen in love with the Baldwin as a locomotive. MSR No. 2 'A Baldwin* 4-6-0 tank engine bought secondhand as Army Surplus after World War I, and nicknamed Stanley after the well known politician of that name. Stanley proved, unfortunately, to be a bad bargain. He was a rough rider, and prone to derailment (DLE/8).Repeated attempts to cure this habit failed and he was turned into a pumping engine, first at Arlesdale Works (DLE/9), and latterly at the Cas-ny- Hawin mine. He was nearly worn out early in 1946, and finally broke down later in the year. The flooding which resulted forced the mine’s closure in December, and that of the railway in January 1947' This shot I particularly like. I know it is on Scaca, but could easily be the Cas-ny-Hawin lead mine. 24 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Blenk Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 3 minutes ago, Tom F said: Managed to get No. 2 finished today. I've really fallen in love with the Baldwin as a locomotive. MSR No. 2 'A Baldwin* 4-6-0 tank engine bought secondhand as Army Surplus after World War I, and nicknamed Stanley after the well known politician of that name. Stanley proved, unfortunately, to be a bad bargain. He was a rough rider, and prone to derailment (DLE/8).Repeated attempts to cure this habit failed and he was turned into a pumping engine, first at Arlesdale Works (DLE/9), and latterly at the Cas-ny- Hawin mine. He was nearly worn out early in 1946, and finally broke down later in the year. The flooding which resulted forced the mine’s closure in December, and that of the railway in January 1947' This shot I particularly like. I know it is on Scaca, but could easily be the Cas-ny-Hawin lead mine. Stunning! More please. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NeilHB Posted January 29, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2022 He looks fab Tom - the plain black looks much more suitable than the red livery from the book. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, NeilHB said: He looks fab Tom - the plain black looks much more suitable than the red livery from the book. It does doesn't it. I'd never been keen on the red myself. Wilbert states in an unpublished document the liveries of the MSR locomotives, and No. 2 is documented as unlined black. The document post dates 'Duke the Lost Engine' too. Plus, when you look at the story Bulldog and when it is set, it makes no sense for it to be a Baldwin. I like the idea that the loco would have been the original No. 2. I appreciate what Peter Edwards was trying to do, but it doesn't work in canon. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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